Sound Partnership October 2009

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Dear Colleague,

Upcoming HOPE Online Sessions

Lots of great information is at your fingertips in the next month! Below is a list of the HOPE Online sessions in the coming month.

Monday, October 5th, 3:00 PM EST
Improving Understanding with Communication Strategies, Part 1
Susan Binzer, M.A., CCC-A Hearing Therapy Services

Monday, October 19th, 3:00 PM EST
Improving Understanding with Communication Strategies, Part 2
Susan Binzer, M.A., CCC-A Hearing Therapy Services
Brenda Battat, M.A. Executive Director, Hearing Loss Association of America

Wednesday, October 28th, 2:00 PM EST
Planning More Creative Lessons
Ashley Garber, M.S. CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT, Listening and Language Connections

Monday, November 2nd, 3:00 PM EST
Making a Case for Classroom Acoustics
Donna L. Sorkin, M.A., Vice President, Consumer Affairs Cochlear Americas

To sign up for any of these live seminars or for the archived courses, please go to www.cochlear.com/HOPE and click on "Information and registration for all HOPE Online Courses". Advance registration is required for live seminars and there is a limited classroom size. All seminars are free. A Certificate of Participation from Cochlear is also free. CEUs are available for these courses for individuals who have paid the $99 CEU fee from Audiology Online.

Clinic-to-Clinic Tip

This month's tip is brought to us by Kathy Budney at Colorado Hearing & Balance.

My clinic developed a "Realistic Expectations Sheet" to be used as a counseling aid for both pre and post implantation. It always helps to have people who don't hear well to actually be able to read the information you are trying to relay to them. It also helps us when patients start to complain that they don't understand speech within the month of initial stimulation. We can always go back to the sheet and remind them of the information they were provided prior to implantation. Often times the patients want the implant to be the instant cure for their communication problems and don't hear what we are saying to them during the pre-implant counseling session.

Thanks for the tip Kathy! If you have a tip you would like to share with your colleagues, please send an e-mail to Laura at: lblair@cochlear.com

Thank you for reading and for your continued support.

Cochlear